Almotamar.net, News Yemen - MP Mohammed Bin Naji al-Shaif, son of chief sheikhs of Bakeel criticised Monday what he described as actions for flexing muscles which do not serve the national interest and would only lead to deepen division among the sons of the one country.

In a first response to forming the first tribal council of kind in Yemen, the member of Parliament, which is headed by sheikh al-Ahmar, Mohammad Naji al-Shaif has condemned the council and described it as "showing muscles".
"The council's goals are known. They do not serve the country", al-Shaif told NewsYemen commenting on the National Solidarity Council. He pointed that some powers try to make Yemen like Somalia or Lebanon, but he did not identify them.

He continued to condemn the council's statement, read by sheikh al-Ahmar, to fight corruption and corrupt people. "I wonder they are claiming the council will fight corruption. Do they mean the General People's Congress? If they are straightforward, why do not they resign from the party?

He said that sheikhs attended the constructive meeting could be bought by Yr 30,000.

Al-Shaif asked Abdullah al-Ahmar to resign from the Parliament's leadership because, he said, "sheikh al-Ahmar won the membership of Parliament in 2003 parliamentary elections in a constituency beyond his candidature".

I can reform Bakeel National Front, if I want. I have a domination in al-Jawf which is 46,000 square km, but such actions harm the country's unity and stability, said al-Shaif.

Sheikh Ali al-Aji, one of sheikhs of al-Jawfi, refused choosing the council's head, members of its consultative committee and most of the council's members from Hashid tribe of al-Ahmar.

Al-Aji said the constructive meeting was "messy", wondering that the participants have elected him a member of the consultative committee despite he withdrew from the meeting.

"I could know I was elected a member of the consultative committee by phone," said al-Aji. "We also refuse to be a ladder for any body. We are with anyone wants to serve the country, even it is a charitable society."

He said that "such a messy meeting reflects bad image of tribes among civil society organizations".